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LABOUR GIVES ABIA GOVT JULY 15 TO PAY N30,000 MINIMUM WAGE The organized labour in Abia State has served a final ultimatum to the state government over alleged non-payment of N30,000 minimum wage and N35,000 palliative award by the state government. The threat by the workers to go on strike is despite the promises by Governor Alex Otti to pay …

NLC MAKES DEMAND FROM NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OVER MINIMUM WAGE The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called on the National Assembly to collaborate with the tripartite committee on the new minimum wage to establish a system for regular and systematic wage reviews. This initiative aims to align wages with the prevailing inflation rates and cost of living in Nigeria. During a …

ELEVEN AMERICANS DISCOVER NIGERIAN LINEAGES THROUGH DNA IN NEW YORK No fewer than 11 Americans have discovered their Nigerian roots through ancestry DNA testing at the Consulate of Nigeria in New York. A statement from the information desk of the Consulate, signed by Mr Tiamiyu Arobani, said the emotional ‘African Ancestry Reveal’ ceremony held at the Nigeria House in New …

EL-RUFAI VS KADUNA ASSEMBLY: COURT ADJOURNS HEARING TO JULY 17 The Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna has adjourned to 17th July, 2024 the hearing of the case filed by a former governor of the state, Nasir El-Rufai, against the State House of Assembly and the Attorney General of the State. El-Rufai is challenging the house’s committee report which accused …

WE’LL REVERSE 14 YEARS OF FINANCIAL IRRESPONSIBILITY,  NEW UK FINANCE MINISTER Rachel Reeves, the newly appointed Finance Minister of the United Kingdom, pledged on Monday to swiftly “fix the foundations” of Britain’s economy by putting focus on onshore wind power and house building following Labour Party’s electoral victory. In her inaugural major address since becoming the UK’s first woman Chancellor …

ENUGU GOVERNOR, PETER MBAH, APPROVES RELEASE OF N2.9B FOR PAYMENT OF FOUR YEARS LEAVE ALLOWANCES TO PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, has approved the release of the sum of N1,912,187,753.82 for the payment of four-year accumulated leave allowances owed to teachers of public primary schools in the state. According to the government, the approval was …

y RIVERS HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY IS BICAMERAL MAMIYOTA, THE HEAD IS FUBARA, THE BODY WIKE – SHEHU SANI Shehu Sani, a former Nigerian senator, has expressed his concerns about the political dynamics in the Rivers State Assembly, describing it as a “Bicameral Mamiyota”. This metaphor suggests a unique power structure, where Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, hold …

COURT BARS RIVERS CJ, CLERK FROM ACCEPTING IMPEACHMENT NOTICE FROM PRO-WIKE LAWMAKERS A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has issued an Exparte Order of Interim Injunction barring the Chief Judge of the State and the Clerk of the State House of Assembly from dealing with the Martins Amaewhule’s led State Assembly. The order issued by Justice Jumbo …

PRO-WIKE LAWMAKERS BARS GOVERNOR FUBARA FROM SPENDING STATE FUND The Rivers lawmakers loyal to Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), have barred Siminalayi Fubara, governor of the state, from spending from the state’s consolidated revenue fund. In the letter dated July 8, signed by Martin Amaewhule, the factional speaker of the assembly, and addressed to Fubara, the …

PRO-WIKE LAWMAKERS SUBMIT RESOLUTIONS TO FUBARA, GIVE GOVERNOR SEVEN-DAY NOTICE The Rivers State House of Assembly under the Speakership of Rt. Hon. Martin Chike Amaewhule, at its 1st Legislative Sitting of the Second Session of the Tenth Assembly, on Monday, deliberated on the actions and inactions of Gov. Fubara which the averred are in breach of the 1999 Constitution of …